The Specified Animal Pathogens Order 2008
Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
Citation | SI 2008/944 |
Year | 2008 |
- “animal” includes poultry;
- “carrier” means any living creature except man which may carry or transmit a specified animal pathogen or the tissue, cell culture, body fluid, excreta, carcase or part of a carcase of such creature by or by means of which a specified animal pathogen may be transmitted or carried;
- “premises” includes any land, building or other place; and
- “specified animal pathogen” means an animal pathogen listed in Schedule 1, including—
- (a) intact pathogens;
- (b) pathogens which have been attenuated or genetically modified by any means; and
- (c) any nucleic acid derived from an animal pathogen listed in that Schedule that could produce that pathogen when introduced into a biological system in which the nucleic acid is capable of replicating.
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